Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Weatherford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Weatherford and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Weatherford
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Weatherford:
- 34.267323, -83.917403
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Weatherford
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Since Weatherford is near Forsyth County and also Dawson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
- eBird sighting report for Dawson County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Weatherford ...
We found five communities that share the name Weatherford.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Weatherford.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Meriwether County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Weatherford [Meriwether County].
- Meriwether County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Muhlenberg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Weatherford [Muhlenberg County].
- Oklahoma
- Custer County
- This Weatherford is located in Custer County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<2> to the west of the Weatherford that is located in Hall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Weatherford.
- Tennessee
- Wayne County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Weatherford [Wayne County].
- Texas
- Parker County
- This Weatherford is located in Parker County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<2> to the west of the Weatherford that is located in Hall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parker County community of Weatherford.
- Kentucky
Curious and Interesting Names Near Weatherford ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cherokee Trail
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Trail have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Trail
- Cherokee Trail is located in Hall County
- Cherrywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Cherrywood is located in Hall County
- Flat Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Flat Creek is located in Hall County
- Fox Trace
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Hidden Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Harbor
- Hidden Harbor is located in Hall County
- Holiday Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
- Holiday Heights is located in Hall County
- Holland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Keith Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keith Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith Ferry
- Keith Ferry is located in Hall County
- Maple Forge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Forge
- Maple Forge is located in Hall County
- Pleasant View
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Hall County
- Quail Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Reed
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Continue List (5 more) ...
- Serene Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Serene Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene Shores
- Serene Shores is located in Hall County
- Summer Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summer Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- Tanner
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Trudy
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Twin Rivers
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
- Twin Rivers is located in Hall County
- Serene Shores
How Far From Weatherford to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Weatherford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Weatherford and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Weatherford to Atlanta, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 497 miles [799.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,976 miles [8,008.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Weatherford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hall County: www.hallcounty.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Weatherford could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Weatherford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Weatherford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2673, Longitude: -83.9174 In this case, the coordinates for Weatherford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Weatherford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Weatherford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.997 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.455 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.974 degrees. |